Akio Takamori | |
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Born | Nobeoka, Japan | October 11, 1950
Died | January 11, 2017 | (aged 66)
Nationality | Japanese-American |
Education | Musashino Art University, Kansas City Art Institute, Alfred University |
Known for | Ceramic sculpture |
Website |
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Akio Takamori (1950 – 2017) was a Japanese-American ceramic sculptor and educator. Takamori often incorporates human forms into his creations. [1]
Takamori was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan on October 11, 1950. [2] [3] In Japan Takamori attended Musashino Art University. [4] In 1974 he moved to the United States. He attended the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) and Alfred University. [5] In 1993 Takamori began his teaching career at the University of Washington where he taught until he retired in 2014 as professor emeritus. [6] [7] In 2001 Takamori received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award. [8] In 2006 Takamori became a Fellow of the American Craft Council. [7] The same year he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. [9]
Takamori died on January 11, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. [2] [3]
His work is in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, [10] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [11] the Museum of Arts and Design, [12] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, [13] the Victoria and Albert Museum, [14] His work, Alice with Rose, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign. [15] [16]
In 2000 the Racine Art Museum held a retrospective of his work. [5] In 2022 the Vashon Center for the Arts held a retrospective of his work. [17]